Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. It is taught at school and university on both English and History syllabuses it has sold more than two million copies in the United Kingdom and three million worldwide it has been used at Sandhurst to instruct young officers in the realities of warfare in polls it is regularly voted one of the nation’s favourite books. With his love for Isabelle forever engraved on his heart, Stephen volunteers to fight on the Western Front and enters the unimaginable dark world beneath the trenches of No Man's Land.įaulks’s fourth novel and the second in his French trilogy has become a classic of modern English literature. But, with the world on the brink of war, the relationship falters. He falls in love with unhappily married Isabelle and the two enter a tempestuous love affair. Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, arrives in the French city to stay with the Azaire family. Throughout the evening, Sebastian Faulks will be discussing why he thinks Birdsong is such an enduring success, how the memory of war has influenced his novels and the challenges of opting for the solitary life of the novelist.īirdsong is a mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations between WW1 and present day.ġ910. Join us in a candlelit Cathedral to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the world’s most classic novels, Birdsong written by bestselling novelist and literary hero, Sebastian Faulks. Join us to mark the 30th anniversary of Sebastian Faulks' classic WWI novel, Birdsong. Donate to Southwark Cathedral Development Trust.Baptism, Confirmation and Admission to Holy Communion.Weddings, Civil Partnerships and Funerals.'This is literature at its very best: a book with the power to reveal the unimagined, so that one's life is set in a changed context. 'One of the finest novels of the last forty years' - Mail on Sunday 'Engrossing, moving, and unforgettable' - The Times Ambitious, outrageous, poignant, sleep-disturbing, Birdsong is not a perfect novel, just a great one' - Simon Schama, The New Yorker I have read it and re-read it and can think of no other novel for many, many years that has so moved me or stimulated in me so much reflection on the human spirit' - The Daily Mail

This book is so powerful that as I finished it I turned to the front to start again' - The Sunday Express 'With Birdsong, Faulks has produced a mesmerizing story of love and war. 'Magnificent - deeply moving' - The Sunday Times

Birdsong by sebastian faulks